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Friedrichsburger Fortress (Friedrichsburger Tor) was built in 1657. In 1697 Peter I The Great visited the fortress to learn the bombing. In XIX century the fortress was reconstructed. In 1910 the fortress was completely destroyed for the city architecture needs. In present we can see the gate only (built in 1852). In Soviet times the gate wasn't used. In 2007 the gate was given to Museum of Ocean.
The fortress is situated not far from Portovaya and Zheleznodorozhnaya Streets crossing
Updated Feb 8, 2011
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Fishermen Monument complex was placed on Pregolya river in 1978 in honour of ocean fishermen (the monument is Museum of Ocean near by). The monument was reconstructed in 2008. In 2009 the statue of St Nikolay the Wonderer was placed in front of the monument. The complex was restored and open in 2010.
Written Feb 8, 2011
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Ausfaler Gate (Ausfaltor) is situated in Western part of the city, not far from the Monument to 1200 Guardsmen. The first fortifications were built in the place in XVII century. The construction we see in present dates back to 1866. The gate was for pedestrians only. After WWII the gate was used as a warehouse and in 2007 was given to the city historical museum. On 2nd and 3rd pictures you may see St Georgy chapel, built in 1993 in honour of Soviet soldiers, killed during assault of Koenigsberg in 1945.
Updated Feb 8, 2011
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Puppets theatre is placed in the reconstructed building in 1976. Originally the building is Church in honour of Luise Queen (Koenigen Luise Gedaechtniskirche) and was built in 1899-1901. During WWII the building was heavily damaged and was about to destroy completely in 1960-s. As I've said above the building was reconstructed for the new using. The theatre is in the Central Park.
Written Feb 8, 2011
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Munchhausen Monument is placed in the central park that is very popular place for familiy activity. The monument was placed in 2006 (Georg Pettau sculptor) and show one of the popl=ular moment of tales, the flight onto the cannonball.
Written Feb 8, 2011
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The Zoo in Kaliningrad is one of the oldest in Russia. It was founded in 1895 after German Manufacturing Exhibition. The official open was in May of 1896. After WWII the Zoo was open in June of 1947. Since 2000 there are reconstruction works in the Zoo step by step.
Some photos of animals are in the travelogue.
Written Feb 8, 2011
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Drama theatre is a building on Prospekt Mira, between Victory Square and the Zoo. The drama theatre was founded in the city in 1947. In 1960 the destroyed theatre building (that works till 1941) was reconstructed and the theatre has placed in the building.
Written Feb 8, 2011
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Dohna Tower is next to Rosgartener Gate. The Tower was built in 1852-1853 as a fortification on the Upper pond. The tower has a name in honour of the Prussian fieldmarshal Karl Friedrich Emil zu Dohna-Schlobitten. After WWII the tower was used as a warehouse. Since 1972 there is Amber Museum.
Written Feb 7, 2011
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Rosgartener Gate (Rossgaerter Tor) is situated in North-Eastern part of the city, not far from Vasilevsky Square. The first gate was built in XVII century. The present view is since 1852-1855 (project of August Stueller). The gate is used for restaurant nowadays.
Written Feb 7, 2011
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Grollmann bastion is situated in Litovsky Val street. it is the fortification built in the middle of XIX century in Eastern part of the city by project of General Karl Wilhelm von Grollmann. The opposite there is Kronprinz caserne, built in 1843 and used as a college in present.
Written Feb 7, 2011
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We visited the city during vacation, in August of 2010. It was very interesting experience because the city is definetly different from other part of Russia that is related with German times in the......
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I have traveled across many borders in the world. Nothing surpasses the experience of traveling in and out of the enclave of Kaliningrad. To enter Kaliningrad I arrived at the Polish Russian border at...
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Arriving by night "express" at the bus station of Kaliningrad it was already 9 o'clock and the sun was shining. The last hours were interesting since three times the bus stopped for border control.......
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This city intrigues me, as does the piece of land it lies in, having been a mystery ever since World War Two when the Soviets took it, drove out almost all surviving members of the original German...
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Actually we went to visit the place called - THE BEACH with much sun, soft sand and warm water and I think we've got what we wanted.
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